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Mirbagheri VS, Alishahi A, Ahmadian G, Petroudi SHH, Ojagh SM, Romanazzi G. Recent findings in molecular reactions of E. coli as exposed to alkylated, nano- and ordinary chitosans. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127006. [PMID: 37734522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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The antibacterial effects of chitosan have been widely studied, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. We investigated the molecular responses of Escherichia coli MG1655 cell, a model gram-negative bacterium, upon exposure to chitosan (Cs), alkylated Cs (AlkCs), and chitosan nanoparticles (CsNPs). Nine target genes involved in relevant signaling pathways (ompF, ompC, ompA, mrcA, mrcB, mgtA, glnA, kdpA, lptA) were selected for analysis. A significant reduction in the expression of mrcA, mgtA, glnA, and lptA genes was observed in the cells treated with Cs. Those treated with Cs, AlkCs, and CsNPs revealed an increase in ompF gene expression, but the expression level was lower in the cells treated with AlkCs and CsNPs compared to Cs. This increase in porin expression suggests compromised membrane integrity and disrupted nutrient transport. In addition, the changes in the expression of mgtA, kdpA, and glnA are related to different effects on membrane permeability. The higher expression in the genes mrcA and mrcB is associated with morphological changes of cells treated with AlkCs and CsNPs. These findings contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying chitosan-induced stress responses and provide insights for the development of safer antimicrobial compounds in the future.
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- Vasighe Sadat Mirbagheri
- Faculty of Fisheries and Environment Science, Gorgan University of Agriculture Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Environment Science, Gorgan University of Agriculture Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Department of Industrial Environmental and Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.
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- Genetics and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan (GABIT), Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, PO Box 578, Sari, Iran
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Environment Science, Gorgan University of Agriculture Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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Jia M, Wei M, Zhang Y, Zheng C. Transcriptomic Analysis of Streptococcus suis in Response to Ferrous Iron and Cobalt Toxicity. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11091035. [PMID: 32887434 PMCID: PMC7563783 DOI: 10.3390/genes11091035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen causing serious infections in swine and humans. Although metals are essential for life, excess amounts of metals are toxic to bacteria. Transcriptome-level data of the mechanisms for resistance to metal toxicity in S. suis are available for no metals other than zinc. Herein, we explored the transcriptome-level changes in S. suis in response to ferrous iron and cobalt toxicity by RNA sequencing. Many genes were differentially expressed in the presence of excess ferrous iron and cobalt. Most genes in response to cobalt toxicity showed the same expression trends as those in response to ferrous iron toxicity. qRT-PCR analysis of the selected genes confirmed the accuracy of RNA sequencing results. Bioinformatic analysis of the differentially expressed genes indicated that ferrous iron and cobalt have similar effects on the cellular processes of S. suis. Ferrous iron treatment resulted in down-regulation of several oxidative stress tolerance-related genes and up-regulation of the genes in an amino acid ABC transporter operon. Expression of several genes in the arginine deiminase system was down-regulated after ferrous iron and cobalt treatment. Collectively, our results suggested that S. suis alters the expression of multiple genes to respond to ferrous iron and cobalt toxicity.
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- Mengdie Jia
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (M.J.); (M.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (M.J.); (M.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (M.J.); (M.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (M.J.); (M.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-1520-527-9658
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Tierrafría VH, Mejía-Almonte C, Camacho-Zaragoza JM, Salgado H, Alquicira K, Ishida C, Gama-Castro S, Collado-Vides J. MCO: towards an ontology and unified vocabulary for a framework-based annotation of microbial growth conditions. Bioinformatics 2018; 35:856-864. [PMID: 30137210 PMCID: PMC7963087 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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MOTIVATION A major component in increasing our understanding of the biology of an organism is the mapping of its genotypic potential into its phenotypic expression profiles. This mapping is executed by the machinery of gene regulation, which is essentially studied by changes in growth conditions. Although many efforts have been made to systematize the annotation of experimental conditions in microbiology, the available annotations are not based on a consistent and controlled vocabulary, making difficult the identification of biologically meaningful comparisons of knowledge derived from different experiments or laboratories. RESULTS We curated terms related to experimental conditions that affect gene expression in Escherichia coli K-12. Since this is the best-studied microorganism, the collected terms are the seed for the Microbial Conditions Ontology (MCO), a controlled and structured vocabulary that can be expanded to annotate microbial conditions in general. Moreover, we developed an annotation framework to describe experimental conditions, providing the foundation to identify regulatory networks that operate under particular conditions. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION As far as we know, MCO is the first ontology for growth conditions of any bacterial organism, and it is available at http://regulondb.ccg.unam.mx and https://github.com/microbial-conditions-ontology. Furthermore, we will disseminate MCO throughout the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry in order to set a standard for the annotation of gene expression data. This will enable comparison of data from diverse data sources. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Aunins TR, Erickson KE, Prasad N, Levy SE, Jones A, Shrestha S, Mastracchio R, Stodieck L, Klaus D, Zea L, Chatterjee A. Spaceflight Modifies Escherichia coli Gene Expression in Response to Antibiotic Exposure and Reveals Role of Oxidative Stress Response. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:310. [PMID: 29615983 PMCID: PMC5865062 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacteria grown in space experiments under microgravity conditions have been found to undergo unique physiological responses, ranging from modified cell morphology and growth dynamics to a putative increased tolerance to antibiotics. A common theory for this behavior is the loss of gravity-driven convection processes in the orbital environment, resulting in both reduction of extracellular nutrient availability and the accumulation of bacterial byproducts near the cell. To further characterize the responses, this study investigated the transcriptomic response of Escherichia coli to both microgravity and antibiotic concentration. E. coli was grown aboard International Space Station in the presence of increasing concentrations of the antibiotic gentamicin with identical ground controls conducted on Earth. Here we show that within 49 h of being cultured, E. coli adapted to grow at higher antibiotic concentrations in space compared to Earth, and demonstrated consistent changes in expression of 63 genes in response to an increase in drug concentration in both environments, including specific responses related to oxidative stress and starvation response. Additionally, we find 50 stress-response genes upregulated in response to the microgravity when compared directly to the equivalent concentration in the ground control. We conclude that the increased antibiotic tolerance in microgravity may be attributed not only to diminished transport processes, but also to a resultant antibiotic cross-resistance response conferred by an overlapping effect of stress response genes. Our data suggest that direct stresses of nutrient starvation and acid-shock conveyed by the microgravity environment can incidentally upregulate stress response pathways related to antibiotic stress and in doing so contribute to the increased antibiotic stress tolerance observed for bacteria in space experiments. These results provide insights into the ability of bacteria to adapt under extreme stress conditions and potential strategies to prevent antimicrobial-resistance in space and on Earth.
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- Thomas R Aunins
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Genomic Services Laboratory, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States
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- Genomic Services Laboratory, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States
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- Genomic Services Laboratory, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States
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- Genomic Services Laboratory, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States.,Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
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- Astronaut Office, Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, United States
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- BioServe Space Technologies, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- BioServe Space Technologies, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.,BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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Seo SW, Kim D, Szubin R, Palsson BO. Genome-wide Reconstruction of OxyR and SoxRS Transcriptional Regulatory Networks under Oxidative Stress in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655. Cell Rep 2015; 12:1289-99. [PMID: 26279566 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Three transcription factors (TFs), OxyR, SoxR, and SoxS, play a critical role in transcriptional regulation of the defense system for oxidative stress in bacteria. However, their full genome-wide regulatory potential is unknown. Here, we perform a genome-scale reconstruction of the OxyR, SoxR, and SoxS regulons in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655. Integrative data analysis reveals that a total of 68 genes in 51 transcription units (TUs) belong to these regulons. Among them, 48 genes showed more than 2-fold changes in expression level under single-TF-knockout conditions. This reconstruction expands the genome-wide roles of these factors to include direct activation of genes related to amino acid biosynthesis (methionine and aromatic amino acids), cell wall synthesis (lipid A biosynthesis and peptidoglycan growth), and divalent metal ion transport (Mn(2+), Zn(2+), and Mg(2+)). Investigating the co-regulation of these genes with other stress-response TFs reveals that they are independently regulated by stress-specific TFs.
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- Sang Woo Seo
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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Hartog E, Menashe O, Kler E, Yaron S. Salicylate reduces the antimicrobial activity of ciprofloxacin against extracellular Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, but not against Salmonella in macrophages. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010; 65:888-96. [PMID: 20237076 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Salicylate, a potent inducer of the MarA activator in Salmonella enterica, is the principal metabolite of aspirin, which is often consumed for medicinal and cosmetic uses. Our research was aimed at testing if salicylate activates the mar regulon in macrophage-associated Salmonella (intracellular bacteria), and investigating its effects on bacterial susceptibility to ciprofloxacin extracellularly and intracellularly. METHODS J774 macrophages were infected with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (wild-type and marA null mutant), treated with ciprofloxacin with and without pre-exposure to salicylate, and the surviving bacteria were counted. Similar experiments were conducted with bacteria in broth (extracellular bacteria). Phe-Arg-beta-naphthylamide (PAbetaN) was added to investigate the role of efflux pumps in resistance. The transcriptional regulation of marRAB, acrAB and micF in extracellular and intracellular Salmonella Typhimurium with and without salicylate and ciprofloxacin was investigated using green fluorescent protein as a marker protein and quantitative real time PCR. RESULTS Pre-exposure of Salmonella to salicylate increased the resistance of extracellular but not intracellular bacteria to ciprofloxacin, although salicylate stimulated the expression of mar genes in intracellular and extracellular bacteria. Using marA mutants and the inhibitor PAbetaN, we showed that the improved resistance in extracellular bacteria is derived from the induction of acrAB by salicylate, which is mediated by MarA. CONCLUSIONS In intracellular bacteria, the expression of acrAB is already higher when compared with extracellular cells; therefore, salicylate does not result in significant acrAB induction intracellularly and subsequent resistance enhancement. Results show that conclusions raised from extracellular studies cannot be applied to intracellular bacteria, although the systems have similar functions.
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- Efrat Hartog
- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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An excretory function for the Escherichia coli outer membrane pore TolC: upregulation of marA and soxS transcription and Rob activity due to metabolites accumulated in tolC mutants. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:5283-92. [PMID: 19502391 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00507-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Efflux pumps function to rid bacteria of xenobiotics, including antibiotics, bile salts, and organic solvents. TolC, which forms an outer membrane channel, is an essential component of several efflux pumps in Escherichia coli. We asked whether TolC has a role during growth in the absence of xenobiotics. Because tolC transcription is activated by three paralogous activators, MarA, SoxS, and Rob, we examined the regulation of these activators in tolC mutants. Using transcriptional fusions, we detected significant upregulation of marRAB and soxS transcription and Rob protein activity in tolC mutants. Three mechanisms could be distinguished: (i) activation of marRAB transcription was independent of marRAB, soxR, and rob functions; (ii) activation of soxS transcription required SoxR, a sensor of oxidants; and (iii) Rob protein was activated posttranscriptionally. This mechanism is similar to the mechanisms of upregulation of marRAB, soxS, and Rob by treatment with certain phenolics, superoxides, and bile salts, respectively. The transcription of other marA/soxS/rob regulon promoters, including tolC itself, was also elevated in tolC mutants. We propose that TolC is involved in the efflux of certain cellular metabolites, not only xenobiotics. As these metabolites accumulate during growth, they trigger the upregulation of MarA, SoxS, and Rob, which in turn upregulate tolC and help rid the bacteria of these metabolites, thereby restoring homeostasis.
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The higher affinity of Cd(2+) for sulfur compounds than for nitrogen and oxygen led to the theoretical consideration that cadmium toxicity should result mainly from the binding of Cd(2+) to sulfide, thiol groups, and sulfur-rich complex compounds rather than from Cd(2+) replacement of transition-metal cations from nitrogen- or oxygen-rich biological compounds. This hypothesis was tested by using Escherichia coli for a global transcriptome analysis of cells synthesizing glutathione (GSH; wild type), gamma-glutamylcysteine (DeltagshB mutant), or neither of the two cellular thiols (DeltagshA mutant). The resulting data, some of which were validated by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, were sorted using the KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) orthology system, which groups genes hierarchically with respect to the cellular functions of their respective products. The main difference among the three strains concerned tryptophan biosynthesis, which was up-regulated in wild-type cells upon cadmium shock and strongly up-regulated in DeltagshA cells but repressed in DeltagshB cells containing gamma-glutamylcysteine instead of GSH. Overall, however, all three E. coli strains responded to cadmium shock similarly, with the up-regulation of genes involved in protein, disulfide bond, and oxidative damage repair; cysteine and iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis; the production of proteins containing sensitive iron-sulfur clusters; the storage of iron; and the detoxification of Cd(2+) by efflux. General energy conservation pathways and iron uptake were down-regulated. These findings indicated that the toxic action of Cd(2+) indeed results from the binding of the metal cation to sulfur, lending support to the hypothesis tested.
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Chen Z, Lewis KA, Shultzaberger RK, Lyakhov IG, Zheng M, Doan B, Storz G, Schneider TD. Discovery of Fur binding site clusters in Escherichia coli by information theory models. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:6762-77. [PMID: 17921503 PMCID: PMC2189734 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fur is a DNA binding protein that represses bacterial iron uptake systems. Eleven footprinted Escherichia coli Fur binding sites were used to create an initial information theory model of Fur binding, which was then refined by adding 13 experimentally confirmed sites. When the refined model was scanned across all available footprinted sequences, sequence walkers, which are visual depictions of predicted binding sites, frequently appeared in clusters that fit the footprints (∼83% coverage). This indicated that the model can accurately predict Fur binding. Within the clusters, individual walkers were separated from their neighbors by exactly 3 or 6 bases, consistent with models in which Fur dimers bind on different faces of the DNA helix. When the E. coli genome was scanned, we found 363 unique clusters, which includes all known Fur-repressed genes that are involved in iron metabolism. In contrast, only a few of the known Fur-activated genes have predicted Fur binding sites at their promoters. These observations suggest that Fur is either a direct repressor or an indirect activator. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis Fur models are highly similar to the E. coli Fur model, suggesting that the Fur–DNA recognition mechanism may be conserved for even distantly related bacteria.
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- Zehua Chen
- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch and Division of Extramural Activities, Referral and Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +1 301 846 5581+1 301 846 5598
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Barra L, Pica N, Gouffi K, Walker GC, Blanco C, Trautwetter A. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase is required for sucrose and trehalose to be efficient osmoprotectants in Sinorhizobium meliloti. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 229:183-8. [PMID: 14680697 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00819-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Inactivation of the zwf gene in Sinorhizobium meliloti induces an osmosensitive phenotype and the loss of osmoprotection by trehalose and sucrose, but not by ectoine and glycine betaine. This phenotype is not linked to a defect in the biosynthesis of endogenous solutes. zwf expression is induced by high osmolarity, sucrose and trehalose, but is repressed by betaine. A zwf mutant is more sensitive than its parental strain to superoxide ions, suggesting that glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase involvement in the osmotic response most likely results from the production of reactive oxygen species during osmotic stress.
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- Lise Barra
- Osmorégulation chez les bactéries, CNRS UMR 6026, Université de Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, Av. du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France
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The MerR family is a group of transcriptional activators with similar N-terminal helix-turn-helix DNA binding regions and C-terminal effector binding regions that are specific to the effector recognised. The signature of the family is amino acid similarity in the first 100 amino acids, including a helix-turn-helix motif followed by a coiled-coil region. With increasing recognition of members of this class over the last decade, particularly with the advent of rapid bacterial genome sequencing, MerR-like regulators have been found in a wide range of bacterial genera, but not yet in archaea or eukaryotes. The few MerR-like regulators that have been studied experimentally have been shown to activate suboptimal sigma(70)-dependent promoters, in which the spacing between the -35 and -10 elements recognised by the sigma factor is greater than the optimal 17+/-1 bp. Activation of transcription is through protein-dependent DNA distortion. The majority of regulators in the family respond to environmental stimuli, such as oxidative stress, heavy metals or antibiotics. A subgroup of the family activates transcription in response to metal ions. This subgroup shows sequence similarity in the C-terminal effector binding region as well as in the N-terminal region, but it is not yet clear how metal discrimination occurs. This subgroup of MerR family regulators includes MerR itself and may have evolved to generate a variety of specific metal-responsive regulators by fine-tuning the sites of metal recognition.
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- Nigel L Brown
- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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